YO-257

History
United States
NameUSS YO-257
Launchedearly 1940s
In serviceDelivered to the US Navy and placed in service as YOG-72, date unknown
RenamedRedesignated Fuel Barge (self-propelled) YO-257, date unknown
StrickenStruck from the Naval Register, date unknown
Reinstateddate unknown, assigned to Naval Station Subic Bay
Fate
  • Sold for scrapping, 1 August 1982, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service
  • Final disposition, reefed off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, near Waikiki in 1989
General characteristics
TypeOil barge
Displacement440 t.(lt) 1,390 t.(fl)
Length174 ft (53 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draft13 ft (4.0 m)
PropulsionGeneral Motors Diesel engine, single screw, 640shp
Capacity200,000 gallons fuel
Armamenttwo single 20mm AA gun mounts

USS YO-257 was a Yard Oiler of the United States Navy that was launched in the early 1940s and scuttled two miles off Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii in 1989.

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